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Reading Through Traces: Xaverian Strategies of Including Chinese Folk Deities’ Statues in Museum Displays and Fictions in Parma, Italy

open access: yesMuseum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This work reflects on the presence of a desacralized Buddha statue in the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography, established in Parma, Italy, in 1901 by Xaverian missionaries. The Buddha's hollowed back is a potent trace of the transnational interactions between these Roman Catholic missionaries and folk believers from the Henan region ...
Valentina Gamberi
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Micro‐CT Analysis of the Second Metacarpal to Assess Cortical Bone Loss in Archeological Human Skeletal Remains

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 189, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives The assessment of cortical bone loss in archeological populations can give insights into past lifeways and bone health. The second metacarpal index (MCI) is assessed via radiogrammetry to quantify cortical thickness. However, as this method is limited to a single‐point measurement, this study explores the use of micro‐computed ...
Luisa Leiss   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts. [PDF]

open access: yesCurr Biol
Pilli E   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evolutionary and anthropological perspectives on the sella turcica: from vertebrate origins to neurosurgical relevance. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Endocrinol Invest
Vaccarezza M   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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